length

Gets the current length of a variable.

Available in:

Apps (win) Apps (char) Reportwriter RPC Standalone PL
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Syntax

int length (variable)
ident       variable

Notes

For character variables, length always returns the number of characters regardless of char, char2, or when the trimgen -c2 option is used.

Example

Gets the length of the ID for the user executing the application or report. 
{
.
.
userid = cuserid();
ulen   = length(userid);
.
.
}